Hosiery-display rack



Nov. 13, 1928. 1,691,293 E. LARsoN HOSIERY DISPLAY RACK Filed May 2, 1927 Patent Nov., i3, 1926..

ENOCH LARSON, OF ELDOBA, IOWA.

nosrnnY-nrsrna mom Application filed May 2,

The object of my invention is to provide a hosiery display rack of simple, durable and inexpensive construction.

More particularly, it is my object to provide a display rack having narts so constructed and arranged that haii hose may be supported thereon in suicient numbers for proper display and in such a way that the half hose may be partially folded over and hung in position so as to best display the goods.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of my hosiery display rack, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as

hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed 14 out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanymg drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hosiery display rack embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top or plan view of the same.

Figure 3 is a perspective Aview of the disc forming a part of my display rack.

Figure 4 is an enlarged, perspective view of a portion of the disc.

Figure 5 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view taken on the line 6 6 of Figure 4.

Figure 7 is a plan view of another form of the disc; and

Figure 8 is a detail, sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Figure 7 In the drawings filed herewith in which I have illustrated a practical form in which my invention may be embodied, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally a base, which may serve as a support for my rack.

The base may be made of any suitable material and may, of course, vary in shape. It should be of sufficient size to properly support the rack. Extending upwardly from the base is an upright 12 which may likewise be of any suitable material and may be provided with suitable ornamental configuration as indicated at 12 and 12b if desired.

.n Supported at the top of the upright 12 is an annular member 14, which may have the form of a disc of wood or other suitable material adapted for the purpose.

Resting on the annular member 14 is what I shall for convenience call the display disc 1927. Serial No. 188,184.A

16, which is of substantially greater diameter than the disc or annular member 14.

Extending upwardly from the disc 16 is an ornamental post or the like 18 provided in its upper surface with the slot 20 to receive advertising or display cards 22.

The disc 14 and the disc 16 are mounted in any way to permit their free rotation for bringing the goods displayed on the rack to a more convenient point for inspection or handlin The isc 16 is preferably made of sheet metal but may be made of other material if preferred. It is provided with a series of uniformly spaced, radial slots 24 extending from its periphery inwardly to the disc When the disc 16 is made of metal, the slots 24 are preferably formed by provid ing slits and bending the metal down to form the flanges 28 and 29 at the sides and grids of the fingers 30 formed by the slots It will be understood that triangular pieces of metal may be cut out to permit the flanges 28 and 29 to be properly turned down.

At the inner end of each slot 24 and just below the slot, there is formed in the disc 14 a hole 32 inclined from the peripheral face of the disc 14 downwardly and radially inwardly.

The holes 32 are so arranged that the inner ends of the supporting rods 34 may be inserted into these holes in such manner that the rods will be then inclined upwardly and radially outwardly and will extend through the respective slots 24.

When the device is then completed, it will be observed that it has the horizontal disc 16 with a suitable number of slots 24, for

example, thirty-two of said slots, to receive It will be noted that by folding through the heel of the hose, the line of the fold is inclined diagonally with relation to the lengthwise axis of the hose and the foot may be folded directly over the leg of the hose. If the hose, thus folded in the ordinary way were to be hung over a horizontal rod, the leg and foot would not hang down properly.

The rods 34 are inclined at such an angle that when they are inserted into the folds of the hose they will fit the fold and hold the heel portion up, so that it can not fall over, and yet support the hose with the leg and foot in vertical position.

The hose being slipped into one of the slots 24 is held easily separated from the other hose on the rack.

The use of the slotted portion of the disc 16 makes it possible for the rack to perform another desirable function. That is to say it holds the hose against tending to wrinkle and slide inwardly and downwardly on the rod 34, which the hosemight do if it were not for the support received from the side v walls of the slot 24.

The rods 34 and the disc 16 cooperate to hold the hose in the most desirable position for display.

In Figures 7 and 8, I have shown another form of my device with a disc of different construction. In this form of my device, I provide a pair of discs 60 and 62. A resilient wire 64 is bent to form a plurality of spaced arms. These arms 66 are arranged in f pairs substantially parallel with each other or slightly converging toward their inner ends, so that between each pair of arms 66 a folded hose 36 maybe received.

The outer end of each arm 66 is connected by an end portion 64 with an arm 66 of the next pair.

The discs 60 and 62 may be crim ed as at 68 (see Figure 8) to snugly fit t ose por* tions of the arms 66, which are received between the discs.

This latter form of my disc as shown in Figures 7 and 8 is a ver economical form in which the device may e embodied.

It will be noted that the walls of the slots 24 and the members of the respective pairs of arms 66 are not quite parallel, but preferably converge slightly toward the centers of the respective discs, andfalso that they are not quite radially arranged, since they do not diverge as much at their outer ends as the would if they were radial.

(lhanges may be made in the material used and the construction and arrangement of the parts and parts may be omitted without departing from the chief purpose of my invention, which is to provide a rack which will satisfactorily support and display hose, and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modifications in the arrangement or structure of the parts which may be reasonably included within the scope of such claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a display rack. an annular disc, a second annular disc above the first disc, means for supporting said discs for rotation, the second disc having a plurality of radial slots extending inwardly from its periphery and a plurality of supporting members pro- -jecting from the first disc upwardly and outwardly through said slots.

2. In a display rack, an annular disc, a second annular disc above the first disc, the second disc having a plurality of radial slots extending inwardly from its periphery, and a plurality of supporting members projecting from the irst disc upwardly and outwardly through said slots.

3. In a display rack of the class described, a base, an upright supported thereon, a disc mounted on the upright, a second disc above the iirst disc provided with a. plurality of radial slots extending inwardly from its periphery, and inclined supporting members supported by the first disc and projected upwardly and outwardly through the slots in the second disc, said discs being mounted for rotation with relation to the base.

Des Moines, Iowa, April 26, 1927.

ENOOH LARSON. 

